diff --git a/src/backends/pyplot.jl b/src/backends/pyplot.jl
index 339db4a6..2fbe714e 100644
--- a/src/backends/pyplot.jl
+++ b/src/backends/pyplot.jl
@@ -805,14 +805,14 @@ function py_add_series(plt::Plot{PyPlotBackend}, series::Series)
         push!(handles, handle)
         needs_colorbar = true
 
-        # TODO: this should probably be handled generically
-        # expand extrema... handle is a QuadMesh object
-        for path in handle[:properties]()["paths"]
-            verts = path[:vertices]
-            xmin, ymin = minimum(verts, 1)
-            xmax, ymax = maximum(verts, 1)
-            expand_extrema!(sp, xmin, xmax, ymin, ymax)
-        end
+        # # TODO: this should probably be handled generically
+        # # expand extrema... handle is a QuadMesh object
+        # for path in handle[:properties]()["paths"]
+        #     verts = path[:vertices]
+        #     xmin, ymin = minimum(verts, 1)
+        #     xmax, ymax = maximum(verts, 1)
+        #     expand_extrema!(sp, xmin, xmax, ymin, ymax)
+        # end
 
     end
 
diff --git a/src/plot.jl b/src/plot.jl
index 8b9fdbd2..663f3003 100644
--- a/src/plot.jl
+++ b/src/plot.jl
@@ -541,10 +541,8 @@ function _plot!(plt::Plot, d::KW, args...)
 
     current(plt)
 
-    # note: lets ignore the show param and effectively use the semicolon at the end of the REPL statement
-    # # do we want to show it?
-    # if haskey(d, :show) && d[:show]
-    if get(d, :show, default(:show))
+    # do we want to force display?
+    if plt[:show]
         gui()
     end
 
diff --git a/src/series_args.jl b/src/series_args.jl
index 1826458b..ec422e2b 100644
--- a/src/series_args.jl
+++ b/src/series_args.jl
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 typealias FuncOrFuncs @compat(Union{Function, AVec{Function}})
 
-all3D(d::KW) = trueOrAllTrue(st -> st in (:contour, :heatmap, :surface, :wireframe, :contour3d), get(d, :seriestype, :none))
+all3D(d::KW) = trueOrAllTrue(st -> st in (:contour, :heatmap, :surface, :wireframe, :contour3d, :image), get(d, :seriestype, :none))
 
 # missing
 convertToAnyVector(v::@compat(Void), d::KW) = Any[nothing], nothing